fyi: these are two products that have been mentioned to me for pc reception
of consumer IR.

http://www.evation.com/irman/
http://www.animax.no/

-----Original Message-----
From: Herb Peyerl [mailto:hpeyerl@beer.org]
Sent: Friday, January 28, 2000 2:53 PM
To: Tracy J. Di Marco White
Cc: Laine Stump; port-i386@netbsd.org
Subject: Re: Computers as stereo equipment (was Re: ALPS 4x4 CD changer
(ATAPI)) 


"Tracy J. Di Marco White" <gendalia@iastate.edu>  wrote:
 > 
 > }Lately, I've been wishing that somebody would figure out how to make a
PC's
 > }IR port talk to a conventional remote control, then write an MP3 player
 > }program that could be controlled with the remote. If that happened, I'd
 > }probably throw away the CD changer in my stereo system and plug in some
 > }little 1U high box with a 13GB disk (and maybe a TV tuner card so I
could
 > }replace my TV too...)
 > 
 > A local user group had a presentation earlier this month about doing more
 > or less that with Linux: http://www.mesterhazy.net/LCDAT/

I've done exactly that with my shark.  it wasn't exactly rocket science.

I eventually punted on that and went back to having the cordless mouse
in the livingroom.